sold-out.
¶ by Rob FrieselApparently, despite record debt, the White House still managed to find enough money to buy Time magazine.
Apparently, despite record debt, the White House still managed to find enough money to buy Time magazine.
Via Boing Boing, we hear of one man’s quest to get vinyl ripped to MP3 and out onto the P2P nets since most of it is now apparently public domain. First problem that jumps out is: …need a record player with component outputs… …which just says (to me at least) that this guy doesn’t know […]
And now for the news we’re *not* hearing: Michael Badnarik concedes election to Bush. Reuters reports: “In his call to President Bush, Badnarik concedes defeat. However, this concession does not come before the acknowledgment that he [the incumbent] ‘put up a good fight’ and that ‘next time the televised debate conspirists won’t get their way.’ […]
Fight the two party system! Libertarian party candidate Michael Badnarik was arrested for attempting to make his voice heard as a presidential candidate. Affidavit Friday October 8, 2004 3:35 PM Statement by Samuel P. New and Margaret E. Taylor Today at approximately 2:38PM, we entered the office building at 1200 New Hampshire Ave., NW in […]
Wonkette posts the Debate Drinking Game and Not Drinking Game. I’ve never been this interested in politics in my life!!
While reviewing/re-formatting the July and August 2003 posts, I stumbled across one in particular that felt timely and worth re-visiting… Libertarians, GeeksCircle I Limbo Democrats, Greens, ObjectivistsCircle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy Wind Republicans, Hipsters, Goths, DMV Employees, General asshats, TrixiesCircle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & Snow Scientologists, Osama bin LadenCircle IV […]
Timely(?) article on kuro5hin.org that basically boils down to a “where does it end?” question on personal privacy vis a vis employment. I would never consent to a contract with verbiage like: I understand that my employment may be terminated [if I test positive], if I refuse to consent to testing or to a search, […]
(via Boing Boing) A handy flowchart to determine whether/not it’s ethical to rip that tune! Ask yourself time-honored questions like: “Does the artist prefer you not to hear their unreleased material?” and “Does the label which currently owns the song have a history of swindling its artists?” or “Is this an indie label which could […]
Call me paranoid, but for some reason this feels a lot like posting the “names, address and phone numbers” of abortion clinic doctors.
I need more time to read this. I don’t need more time to know how I feel about the first third… …she detailed the peccadilloes of the men she said were her six current sexual partners, including a married Bush administration official who met her in hotel rooms and gave her envelopes of cash; a […]